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AERONAUTICAL CHARTS

The Map Collection houses many types of aeronautical charts published by various government agencies. Charts cover regions throughout the world.

Click on the linked text below for a description of the series. You will also find their indexes, Government Document number and links to their location in the map room on this page.

Note: None of the charts housed in the Map Collection is updated re: Notices to Airmen.

 

NATIONAL IMAGERY & MAPPING AGENCY (NIMA) CHARTS

The following series are published by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (formerly the Defense Mapping Agency) and are filed in File Cabinet 10:
  • GNC- Global Navigation & Planning Charts- D 5.354:GNC
    Indexes: Standard Index Chart (In first drawer containing GNCs)
    National Imagery and Mapping Agency Public Sale Aeronautical Charts and Publications pp. 36-37 (MAP ROOM- C 55.418/3:)

  • JNC- Jet Navigation Charts- D 5.354:JNC
    Indexes: Standard Index Chart (In first drawer containing JNCs)
    National Imagery and Mapping Agency Public Sale Aeronautical Charts and Publications pp. 38-39 (MAP ROOM- C 55.418/3:)

  • ONC- Operational Navigation Charts- D 5.354:ONC
    Indexes: Standard Index Chart (In first drawer containing ONCs)
    National Imagery and Mapping Agency Public Sale Aeronautical Charts and Publications pp. 34-35 (MAP ROOM- C 55.418/3:)


  • TPC- Tactical Pilotage Charts- D 5.354:TPC
    Indexes: Standard Index Chart (In first drawer containing TPCs)
    National Imagery and Mapping Agency Public Sale Aeronautical Charts and Publications pp. 31-33 (MAP ROOM- C 55.418/3:)

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COMMERCE DEPT / DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION CHARTS

The publication of aeronautical charts originally produced by the Commerce Department is slowly being transferred to the Dept. of Transportation. Below is a list of these charts with their current call numbers.

Unless noted otherwise, all of the charts below are indexed in Aeronautical Charts and Related Products (MAP ROOM & READY REFERENCE- C 55.418/2:).
You will find these charts on top of Map Cases 9-11.


ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

In addition to the indexes listed above, you may wish to consult the following item, which provides an explication of terms and symbols used on various charts.

Aeronautical Chart User's Guide (READY REFERENCE- C 55.408:AE 8)

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